Feature Name (see definition): Haskard Highlands

Feature Class (see definition): Area

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6457

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 029° 15' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -29.25

Elevation (see definition): 1210

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A range of peaks and ridges between Blaiklock Glacier and Stratton Glacier in NW Shackleton Range, rising to 1,210 m at Mount Weston and including features between Mount Provender and Pointer Nunatak. The feature was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE). It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Sir Cosmo D.P.T. Haskard, Governor of the Falkland Islands, 1964-70.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data